AB 1691, as amended, Gipson. Vehicular air pollution: vehicle retirement.
Existing law creates an enhanced fleet modernization program for the retirement ofbegin delete high pollutingend deletebegin insert high-pollutingend insert vehicles to be administered by the Bureau of Automotive Repair pursuant to guidelines adopted by the State Air Resources Board. Existing law requires the program’s guidelines to be updated no later than June 30, 2015. Existing law requires the updated guidelines to ensure vehicle replacement be an option for all motor vehicle owners and may be in addition to compensation for vehicles retired, as specified.
This bill would require the state board, by June 30, 2017, to update the guidelines, as specified, that would be operative until July 1, 2022.
Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that is administered by the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to its existing statutory authority, the state board has established thebegin delete Plus Upend deletebegin insert Plus-Up Pilot end insert Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to provide financial assistance to low-income individuals to replace older polluting vehicles withbegin delete cleanerend deletebegin insert cleaner,end insert more fuel efficient vehicles.
This bill would require the state board, by June 30, 2017, tobegin delete adoptend deletebegin insert developend insert guidelines that would be operative until July 1, 2022, for the purposes of the pilot project.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 44125.5 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
(a) No later than June 30, 2017, the state board shall
4update the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44125 to ensure
5all of the following:
6(1) Each district implementing a
program pursuant to Section
72627 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations with a
8backlog or a waiting list for applicants shall develop a plan with
9recommendations to the state board on how to eliminate the
10backlog or waiting list.
11(2) Specific steps are taken, including, but not limited to, random
12income eligibility verification and contact with program
13participants at least once after their vehicles are replaced, to ensure
14the program operating pursuant to Section 2627 of Title 13 of the
15California Code of Regulations is not being misused.
16(3) For programs operating pursuant to Section 2627 of Title
1713 of the California Code of Regulations, mandatory partnerships
18with, and a mandatory minimum amount of overall funding
19allocated to outreach for,
community-based organizations to ensure
20program accessibility for the lowest income disadvantaged
21communities in the state, with an outreach and partnership report
22to be submitted to the state board by the district every six months
23after July 1, 2017.
24(4) Enhancement of prescreening of applicants to the programs
25operating pursuant to Section 2627 of Title 13 of the California
26Code of Regulations, if determined by the state board to be
27appropriate.
28(5) For the portion of the program operating pursuant to Section
292622 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations focused on
P3 1disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section
239711, and for programs operating pursuant to Section 2627 of
3Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, priority is given to
4the retirement
of vehicles that are 15 years or older and with more
5than 75,000 miles.
6(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2022, and,
7as of January 1, 2023, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
8that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2023, deletes or
9extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
Section 44274.1 is added to the Health and Safety
11Code, to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the efforts
13of the Plus-Up Pilot Project developed by the state board pursuant
14to Section 44274 are focused on disadvantaged communities, as
15identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code,
16and that the number of vehicles replaced is increased annually.
17(b) Not later than June 30, 2017, the state board shall develop
18guidelines for thebegin delete Plus Upend deletebegin insert Plus-Upend insert Pilot Project that include all
19of the following:
20(1) Each district implementing a program funded by the Plus
21Up Pilot Project with a backlog or a waiting list for applicants shall
22develop a plan with recommendations to the state board on how
23to eliminate the backlog or waiting list.
24(2) Specific steps are taken, including, but not limited to, random
25income eligibility verification and contact with program
26participants at least once after their vehicles are replaced, to ensure
27that the program is not being misused.
28(3) Mandatory partnerships with, and a mandatory minimum
29amount of overall funding allocated to outreach for,
30community-based organizations to ensure program accessibility
31for the lowest income disadvantaged communitiesbegin delete in the state,end delete
32begin insert
within the district,end insert with an outreach and partnership report to be
33submitted to the state board by the district every six months after
34July 1, 2017.
35(4) Enhancement of prescreening of applicants to the program,
36if determined by the state board to be appropriate.
37(5) Priority is given to the replacement of vehicles that are 15
38years or older and with more than 75,000 miles usage.
39(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2022, and,
40as of January 1, 2023, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
P4 1that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2023, deletes or
2extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
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